Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Sandborn (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sandborn. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Sandborn is located in Knox County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Sandborn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandborn:
- Knox County (The home county of Sandborn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Westphalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bicknell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Oaktown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Busseron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bruceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Fritchton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Monroe City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Howesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Clay City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eel River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Elnora
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Odon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Graham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Sandy Hook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Alfordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dubois County
- Portersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Gibson County
- Giro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Island City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Lyons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Linton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Hoosier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Switz City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Elliston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Scotland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Midland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Popcorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Silverville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Williams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Springville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Crane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Loogootee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Lacy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Monroe County
- Stanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Coal City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Arney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Denmark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Freedom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Highbank Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Alford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Algiers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Otwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Gambill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Carlisle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Paxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Scotchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- New Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Shelburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Merom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Lewis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Clark County (IL)
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Heathsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duncanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Gordon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Hutsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- New Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Villas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Russellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Birds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Billett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandborn, see our County-by-County Page for Sandborn.
Cemeteries Near Sandborn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandborn.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sandborn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandborn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Sandborn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Delay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Begeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marco Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plainville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Island City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McDade Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Hale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ketchem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Old Slinkard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sandborn had a population of 384 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sandborn had a population of 403 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandborn, with the one closest to Sandborn listed first.
- Westphalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marco is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Elnora
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Freelandville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Edwardsport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Plainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Bushrod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bushrod is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushrod
- Lyons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Island City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Newberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Linton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Bicknell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cornettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cornettsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandborn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandborn.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sandborn ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandborn.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sandborn. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sandborn and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sandborn.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> of Sandborn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sandborn:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Owen County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sandborn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandborn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |